Video/Short Details

Retrieve video/short details from YouTube with a single API request.

GET/api/data/v1/youtube/video

1credit base costZero-credit cache supported

Request parameters

Up to 1 credit

urlrequired

YouTube video or short URL

languageoptional

Preferred response language (mapped to Accept-Language header; not guaranteed due to YouTube localization behavior). 2 letter language code, ie 'en', 'es', 'fr' etc.

cache_max_ageoptional

If we have a response in the cache that is this many days old or newer, return the cached response (0 credits, with "cached": true and a "cached_at" timestamp). Otherwise, scrape a live result (1 credit). [See the Caching page for details.]

Try in the console

Live requests use your prepaid balance. Cached responses cost zero where supported.

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://fetchgoblin.com/api/data/v1/youtube/video?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FgTCi7PaOPLY' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_FETCHGOBLIN_API_KEY'

Response

Example

{
  "success": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "id": "Y2Ah_DFr8cw",
  "thumbnail": "https://img.youtube.com/vi/Y2Ah_DFr8cw/maxresdefault.jpg",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Ah_DFr8cw",
  "publishDate": "2019-02-22T03:19:54-08:00",
  "type": "video",
  "title": "Inside the NBA: Chuck Trolls Jussie Smollett \"Do not commit crimes with checks, use cash!\"",
  "description": null,
  "descriptionLinks": [],
  "commentCountText": "358",
  "commentCountInt": 358,
  "likeCountText": "4043",
  "likeCountInt": 4043,
  "viewCountText": "372,864",
  "viewCountInt": 372864,
  "publishDateText": "Feb 22, 2019",
  "collaborators": [],
  "channel": {
    "id": "UCWH3hing1Qb4LnkRfQdxsxQ",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@afroballer8906",
    "handle": "afroballer8906",
    "title": "Afroballer"
  },
  "chapters": [],
  "watchNextVideos": [
    {
      "id": "lzDTK5kEdkM",
      "title": "Charles Barkley and Shaq FUNNIEST MOMENTS",
      "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lzDTK5kEdkM/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDGQgBFQAAiEIYAdgBAeIBCggYEAIYBjgBQAE=&rs=AOn4CLAq_osvQnsGV3A7uz4L1CPTaLqppg",
      "channel": {
        "title": "SkyHooked",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@SkyHooked",
        "handle": "SkyHooked",
        "id": "UCrX8GD5f_O-Cu5Y2vQuSSvw"
      },
      "publishedTimeText": "11 months ago",
      "publishedTime": "2025-02-16T19:25:39.493Z",
      "publishDateText": "11 months ago",
      "publishDate": "2025-02-16T19:25:39.493Z",
      "viewCountText": "1.8M views",
      "viewCountInt": 1800000,
      "lengthText": "18:01",
      "lengthInSeconds": 1081,
      "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzDTK5kEdkM"
    }
  ],
  "keywords": [],
  "genre": "People & Blogs",
  "durationMs": 348000,
  "durationFormatted": "00:05:48",
  "isPaidPromotion": false,
  "most_replayed": null,
  "captionTracks": [
    {
      "baseUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/api/timedtext?v=Y2Ah_DFr8cw&ei=s5Bqab0gu8yS5w_pvOLIDw&caps=asr&opi=112496729&xoaf=5&xowf=1&hl=en&ip=0.0.0.0&ipbits=0&expire=1768616739&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,v,ei,caps,opi,xoaf&signature=306A57ADE14FECC84B0DB13190761BCCC922AC9B.5C321C4FE7086F7AF851CA8463326E1869EE5255&key=yt8&kind=asr&lang=en",
      "name": {
        "simpleText": "English (auto-generated)"
      },
      "vssId": "a.en",
      "languageCode": "en",
      "kind": "asr",
      "isTranslatable": true,
      "trackName": ""
    }
  ]
}

Example data from the API specification. Run a request to retrieve current data.

Response shape

This schema describes the documented data shape. Some platform fields may be absent or null. The response also includes your FetchGoblin request ID and current credit balance.

View JSON Schema +

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "success": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "credits_remaining": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "credits_charged": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "thumbnail": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "publishDate": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "object",
        "array",
        "number",
        "boolean",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "descriptionLinks": {
      "type": "array"
    },
    "commentCountText": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "commentCountInt": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "likeCountText": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "likeCountInt": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "viewCountText": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "viewCountInt": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "publishDateText": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "collaborators": {
      "type": "array"
    },
    "channel": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "url": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "handle": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "title": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "chapters": {
      "type": "array"
    },
    "watchNextVideos": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "thumbnail": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "channel": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "title": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "url": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "handle": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "id": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            }
          },
          "publishedTimeText": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "publishedTime": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "publishDateText": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "publishDate": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "viewCountText": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "viewCountInt": {
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "lengthText": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "lengthInSeconds": {
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "videoUrl": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "keywords": {
      "type": "array"
    },
    "genre": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "durationMs": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "durationFormatted": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "isPaidPromotion": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "most_replayed": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "object",
        "array",
        "number",
        "boolean",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "captionTracks": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "baseUrl": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "simpleText": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            }
          },
          "vssId": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "languageCode": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "kind": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "isTranslatable": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "trackName": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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